XSEDE Startup Allocation Approved

Good news!  

XSEDE has approved the Startup Allocation for the GISandbox.  We are working hard to get GISandbox up and running with the latest commercial and open source software. This allocation grants GISandbox users access to the following supercomputers and cloud resources:

1. Jetstream (Indiana University / Texas Advanced Computing Center)

https://jetstream-cloud.org

Jetstream will host our Virtual Machine running JupyterHub, which will serve as the primary interface for GISandbox users.

2. Bridges (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center)

https://www.psc.edu/bridges

Bridges will be a primary compute resource, which is designed for non-traditional high-performance computing (HPC) users like the GIScience community.

3. Comet (San Diego Supercomputing Center)

http://www.sdsc.edu/services/hpc/hpc_systems.html#comet

Comet will be another primary compute resource, which is also designed for non-traditional (HPC) users. As SDSC likes to say "HPC for the 99 percent".

Interested?

If you are interested in using the GISandbox as a pilot user then please:

1. Email Eric Shook (eshook@umn.edu) with a short description of your research or teaching project, or 
2. Post a comment below with your project description and contact information and we will follow up with you.  

We have several pilot projects lined up already so if you want to be at the cutting-edge of the GIScience and geospatial computing community, then please let us know.  

We will be posting progress updates as we move forward in getting GISandbox operational so check back.